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Sean Strickland really can’t go anywhere. This past weekend during a Power Slap event in Las Vegas, the former UFC middleweight champion got into a verbal altercation with musician Machine Gun Kelly, who was there as a guest of UFC CEO Dana White. In videos capturing the interaction, Strickland is seen calling the musician “weird” and a “weirdo,” and insulting his outfit. As he walks away, Strickland is heard shouting back, “I don’t know who the f*** that guy is. I’m easy to find, vampire man.” Strickland later exploded on social media, calling the musician a “vampire” and marveling at…
UFC and WWE may live in the same house now under TKO Group Holdings, but for all of the similarities that MMA and professional wrestling share, there are still vast differences between the sport and sports entertainment. That’s according to current WWE champion Seth Rollins, who addressed the possibility that any UFC fighter could cross over and find success in the squared circle. As much as he respects the fighters competing in the UFC, Rollins feels like the arduous schedule required to perform in WWE would just be too much to handle. As an example, Rollins invoked former UFC champion…
Ian Machado Garry expects to send a message to his haters this Saturday with his performance, not with his words. At UFC 298 in Anaheim, Calif., Garry faces his stiffest test yet when he takes on top-10 welterweight contender Geoff Neal. A win puts Garry one step closer to a title fight, while a loss would give his detractors even more ammunition with which to verbally attack him. Garry spoke with TNT Sports ahead of Saturday’s fight and when asked if he was looking forward to silence his doubters, he explained that there’s nothing he can do — or they…
UFC won’t debut in The Sphere in Las Vegas until September, but Dana White is already counting down the days until it happens. The massive $2.3 billion arena, which features a capacity of more than 18,000 seats as well as an immersive video experience thanks to a 16K resolution wraparound LED screen, captured White’s attention after he attended a U2 concert there upon the venue’s grand opening. Almost immediately afterward, White announced the UFC will take its next Noche UFC card there in September 2024 in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. White says planning for the UFC card at The…
UFC 300 is expected to deliver a loaded lineup for the promotion’s historic April event. Following one of the most chaotic years in recent memory, the UFC will bring UFC 300 to its home base of Las Vegas on April 13. UFC CEO Dana White has promised one of the most stacked, and perhaps, unpredictable lineups in company history. With four title fights already on the books for the first quarter of the year, including Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title, and Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Raquel Pennington for the vacant women’s bantamweight title at UFC…
Sean Strickland’s feud with social media influencers and celebrities continues on. After a viral video of the former UFC middleweight champion giving a one-sided beatdown to streamer Sneako surfaced — which got the attention of Jake Paul — influencer boxer Bryce Hall was asked by Inside Fighting about it and thought the scene was “kind of f***** up,” before making a challenge. “I would love to spar Sean Strickland,” Hall said. “Dana [White], sign me up with Sean Strickland. I want to do a spar. I guarantee I would crack Sean Strickland.” Of course, Strickland caught wind of Hall’s interview,…
Jack Hermansson returned to the octagon for the first time in over a year and did so as a massive underdog against Joe Pyfer in the main event of UFC Vegas 86, but the wily veteran had other plans as Hermansson got back in the win column with a hard-fought decision nod. “The Joker” called out Nassourdine Imavov following the victory, but will that be direction the UFC goes? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what could be next for Hermansson after his main event win. Additionally,…
UFC 298 promises to deliver plenty of drama in the cage and in newly released footage of the stars preparing for Saturday’s big show in Anaheim, Calif., there proved to be plenty outside of the cage as well. Watch the “UFC 298 Countdown” video above. In this weekend’s main event, longtime UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski returns to the 145-pound division after a second failed attempt to become lightweight champion when he faces the undefeated Ilia Topuria. Can Volkanovski turn away another young, up-and-coming challenger, or is this championship torch about to be passed to one of the faces of…
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: Ariel Helwani and crew look recap the weekend that was. 1:30 p.m.: Craig Jones joins the show to talk about UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and the rest of the MMA world. 2 p.m.: Former UFC interim featherweight champion Yair Rodriguez returns the show to talk about his upcoming rematch with Brian Ortega at UFC Mexico. 2:30 p.m.: Arnold Allen reacts to his disappointing loss…
Alexander Volkanovski has a chip on his shoulder ahead of his big featherweight title defense at UFC 298 this Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif. “The Great” 26-3 Australian legend isn’t old. He isn’t bad. He isn’t washed up. He isn’t any of these narratives he may have created in his head or been told by deluded voices before taking on the undefeated 14-0 Spanish superstar Ilia Topuria. Volkanovski is still the 145-pound champion of the world, a supremely well-rounded fighter, and quite literally what his nickname indicates. Volkanovski, 35, is a proven master of this mixed martial arts things we…